air treatment Books and Publications

Control of Odors & Emissions from Wastewater Treatment Plants - MOP 25

The principal reference of contemporary practice for managing air emissions from wastewater systems. MOP 25 combines updated materials from two former WEF Publications - Odor Control in Wastewater Treatment Plants and Toxic Air Emissions from Wastewater Treatment Facilities into a comprehensive format. ...

By Water Environment Federation (WEF)

Computer Treatment of Large Air Pollution Models

The long-range transport of air pollutants and the reduction of air pollution to an acceptable level is an important environmental problem. The mathematical models by which this problem can be successfully studied are normally described by partial differential equations. The discretization in space leads to ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

The AWT Technical Reference & Training Manual

and boiler treatment, as well as a brief introduction to waste water treatment and air washers. ...

By Association of Water Technologies (AWT)

Percolation Theory for Flow in Porous Media

This monograph presents, for the first time, a unified and comprehensive introduction to some of the basic transport properties of porous media, such as electrical and hydraulic conductivity, air permeability and diffusion. The treatment is based on critical path analysis and the scaling of transport properties ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Air Quality in Airplane Cabins and Similar Enclosed Spaces

a wide range of experts to provide an in-depth treatment of virtually all aspects of aircraft cabin air ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Scientific and Technological Achievements Related to the Development of European Cities

What will the city of the future look like? Advanced research and international cooperation, as presented here, have analyzed the problems (urban air and water pollution, waste treatment, illumination) and are offering new ways to solve them. The city in general can be considered on the basis of two ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Handbook on Biodegradation and Biological Treatment of Hazardous Organic Compounds

The removal of chemical pollutants in biological treatment systems and during bioremediation activities is dependent on the capacity of microorganisms to degrade synthetic chemicals. This book presents, for more than 100 synthetic compounds, an overview of the biodegradation processes and pathways that ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Environmental Photochemistry Part II

Photochemical reactions play a major role in the environment including a wide range of reactions in the atmosphere, natural waters, soil and living organisms. This new volume on Environmental Photochemistry up-dates the previous edition with chapters on basic aspects including concepts of photochemical transformations and mechanistic photochemical processes in the atmosphere and water. In ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Highway and Urban Environment

Today, half of the world’s population lives in urban areas and rapid urbanisation is expected to continue in the next decades. The growth of urban areas around the world presents many challenges and needs to be supported by the development of adequate and sustainable infrastructures. The Highway and Urban Environment Symposium (Nicosia, Cyprus, June 11-14, 2006) is a forum for recent research on ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Advanced Physicochemical Treatment Processes

Leading pollution control educators and practicing professionals describe how various combinations of different physico-chemical treatment processes can be arranged to solve air, noise, and thermal pollution problems. In Advanced Physicochemical Treatment Processes, the authors discuss strategies for abating ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Environmental Biotechnology: Principles and Applications

Biotechnology offers a 'natural' way of addressing environmental problems, ranging from identification of biohazards to bioremediation techniques for industrial, agricultural and municipal effluents and residues. Biotechnology is also a crucial element in the paradigm of 'sustainable development'. This collection of 66 papers, by authors from 20 countries spanning 4 continents, addresses ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Environmental Infrastructure Management

Environmental issues continue to burden governments and economies throughout the post-communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union. Severe environmental degradation is endemic to the region, the existing environmental infrastructure is often inadequate, significant new investment is perhaps decades away, and there is little ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Air, Water and Soil Quality Modelling for Risk and Impact Assessment

Environmental pollution by harmful anthropogenic substances and uncontrolled use of natural reserves have become a global problem and require substantial efforts for developing and applying efficient measures of control, mitigation and abatement. For achieving this goal predictions of possibly resulting risks and impacts are urgently needed for future environmental planning. The majority of ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Biotechnology for Odor and Air Pollution Control

Biotechnology offers one of the most economical and environmentally benign methods of air pollution control for industrial and municipal airstreams. Volatile organic and inorganic odorous compounds from various industries are emitted in large quantities and create hazards to the ecosystem and health effects to ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Flotation Technology

The Handbook of Environmental Engineering series is an incredible collection of methodologies that study the effects of pollution and waste in their three basic forms: gas, solid, and liquid. This exciting new addition to the series, Volume 12: Flotation Technology, has been designed to serve as both a basic flotation textbook and a comprehensive reference book. An indispensable guide for ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Air, Water and Soil Quality Modelling for Risk and Impact Assessment

Environmental pollution by harmful anthropogenic substances and uncontrolled use of natural reserves have become a global problem and require substantial efforts for developing and applying efficient measures of control, mitigation and abatement. For achieving this goal predictions of possibly resulting risks and impacts are urgently needed for future environmental planning. The majority of ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH